Jennifer M. Oetzel        

Associate Professor of International Business

Kogod School of Business

American University

4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.      

Washington, D.C. 20016                             

Tel. (202) 885-1905 

Email: oetzelj(at)american.edu

 

 
 

                                                          

 

My research focuses on how businesses can address the political and economic challenges they face in their foreign and domestic operations. More specifically, I am interested in how firms can manage and perhaps reduce the risk of violent conflict and contribute to economic and social development in the countries where they operate.

 

  Research        Teaching         Biography   

 

Refereed Publications

 

Oetzel, J. & Getz, K. 2012. When and how might firms respond to violent conflict? Journal of International Business Studies, 43: 166-186.

 

 

Oh, C.H. & Oetzel, J. 2011. Multinationals’ response to major disasters: How does subsidiary investment vary in response to the type of disaster and the quality of country governance? Strategic Management Journal, 32(6): 658-681.

  * Nominated for the Haynes Prize at the Academy of International Business Conference, 2009

 

Oetzel, J., Westermann-Behaylo, M., Koerber, C., Fort, T, & Rivera, J. 2010. Peace through commerce: Sketching the Terrain. Journal of Business Ethics, 89(4): 351-373.

 

Getz, K., & Oetzel, J. 2010. MNE Strategic Intervention in Violent Conflict: Variations Based on Conflict Characteristics. Journal of Business Ethics, 89(4).

 

Dahan, N.M., Doh, J.P., Oetzel, J., & Yaziji, M. 2010. Cooperation and Co-Creation in Cross-Sectoral Collaboration: New Business Models for Developing Markets. Long Range Planning, 43(2-3).

 

Rivera, J., Oetzel, J., de Leon, P. & Starik, M. 2009. The Policy Process and Business Political Environmental Management Strategies in Developing Countries.* Policy Sciences, 42(1): 3-32.

  * Lead article

 

Oetzel, J. & Doh, J. 2009. Multinational Enterprise in Developing Countries: Spillovers, Liabilities and Resource Complementarity.* Journal of World Business, 44(2): 108-120.

  * Lead article

 

Oetzel, J. & Banerjee, S.G. 2008. A Case of the Tortoise versus the Hare? Deregulation Process, Timing, and Firm Performance in Emerging Markets. International Business Review, 17(1): 54-77.

 

Oetzel, J., Getz, K. & Ladek, S. 2007. The Role of Multinational Enterprises in Responding to Violent Conflict: A Conceptual Model and Framework for Research.  American Business Law Journal, 44(2):331-358.

 

Banerjee, S.G., Oetzel, J. & Ranganthanan, R. 2006. How do institutions matter? A longitudinal study of private investment in infrastructure in emerging markets. Development Policy Review, 24(2): 175-202.

 

Oetzel, J. 2005. Smaller may be beautiful but is it more risky? Assessing and managing political and economic risk post FDI in Costa Rica. International Business Review, 14(6): 765-790.

 

Oetzel, J. 2004. Differentiation strategies and the online brokerage industry. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 9(1): 105-126.

 

Oetzel, J., Bettis, R. & Zenner, M. 2001. “Country risk measures: How risky are they?” Journal of World Business, 36(2):128-145.  

 

Book Chapters/Invited Publications

 

Oetzel, J. Invited biography on Richard A. Bettis. In Teece, D. and Augier, M. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London and New York, forthcoming.

 

Doh, J., & Oetzel, J. Reconceptualizing the MNE-Development relationship: The role of complementary resources. Edgar Elgar Handbook of Research on International Strategic Management, forthcoming.

 

Chellappa, R., Barua, A., Oetzel, J. & Whinston, A. 1997. Chapter 15: Electronic publishing versus publishing electronically. Readings in Electronic Commerce.(Kalakota, R. and Whinston, A.; eds.). MA: Addison-Wesley.  

 

Oetzel, J. 1995. The Tunisian-USAID Technology Transfer Project and its Potential for Promoting Economic Development in Tunisia. Tunisian Scientific Magazine, 8(1&2): 38-41.

 

Teaching

 

I am currently teaching:

 

·       Business in Different National and Cultural Environments (IBUS 747), Graduate course

·       Fundamentals of International Business (IBUS 300), Undergraduate course

 

Biography

 

Academic Background

 

Ph.D. Business Strategy

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Minor Concentration: International political economy

 

M.S. Economic Development and Urban Planning

University of Texas at Austin

Thesis: The Tunisia/United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Technology Transfer Project: Nontraditional Success Measures. Research undertaken for the thesis was awarded the Wolf E. Jessen Endowed Presidential Scholarship for “high merit.”

 

B.A. Economics, Minor: Spanish

University of Texas at Austin

         Studied abroad in Sevilla, Spain during my junior year.

 

 

Professional Experience

 

         American University, Kogod School of Business  

         Associate Professor, International Business Department, June 2008-present

Assistant Professor, International Business Department, August 2002-May 2008

Kogod School of Business Faculty Award for Outstanding Research, 2010

Kogod Endowed Fellow, 2002-2006

 

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; College of Business and Administration

Adjunct Professor, Marketing, Strategy and International Business Department, Spring 2002

 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kenan-Flagler School of Business

Instructor, Management Department, Fall 1999, Summer 2000 and Spring 2001

 

 

Last revision: 2/1/2012